When I write the following command:
awk '$3 != 0.00 && $5 < 0.2' file
The condition applies only if $2 is not empty.
Why? The tab is there
When I write the following command: awk ‘$3 != 0.00 && $5 < 0.2’
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When I write the following command:
awk '$3 != 0.00 && $5 < 0.2' file
The condition applies only if $2 is not empty.
Why? The tab is there
You need to specify to awk that you are using a tab delimiter, and that is a special case. I tested the following:
The answer is 5, so it seems to work. The $ is necessary here.